#high school reunions

[high-quality-tiktoks]

How I accidentally faked my death at my high school reunion🫣🫣🫣

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[kyndaris]

Serendipity

High school reunions. It’s when you invite people that attended the same school as you, gather in a huge group and then compare battle scars from what life has thrown at you. Some people are married, others might be successful CEOs of startup companies. And then, of course, you have the people that haven’t achieved much in their lot in life. You compare your successes with their dismal failures and feel good about the direction of where your life has gone.

They’re a fact of life. 

Unfortunately, when the pandemic hit, the ten year anniversary for when our grade graduated high school was stuck right in the middle. There was talk about possibly hosting it via Zoom. Those plans fell through due to lack of interest (as they do) and there hasn’t been much rumbling for anything in the near future.

True, our grade got to enjoy a five-year reunion - one that I was not invited to because I had been overlooked. Apparently everyone thought I, Kyndaris, had already been included. The shock on the organiser’s face when I told her that I hadn’t actually been invited, and wasn’t even part of the FaceBook group, was worth the trek to the pub where the event was being held. Perhaps there was some wisdom to listening to my mother. Sometimes.

In any case, that’s a story for another time.

What I wanted to get at was that despite not having a 10 year reunion with all the people I went to high school with, these last two years have seen me bump into them in the wild or have them reaching out because the pandemic has made them realise the importance of human connection.

One person, in particular, has resumed playing badminton after a long hiatus - while also dragging along her girlfriend and a fishing buddy. Another person that reached out to me was someone that had moved into my suburb a few years back but had been busy with the daily grind of waking up, going to work and sleeping to do anything productive in regards to her personal relationships.

Then, of course, I got to visit a friend who had moved out with her boyfriend and had adopted a puppy in lieu of any actual children. Leo: the excited Maltese crossed with a Poodle? I’ll need to confirm again with her.

In that small reunion, I also caught up with a few others that I hadn’t seen in a while. All of them sounded like they had great successful jobs. Honestly, it was hard for me to measure up. For years, I’d worried about getting an ongoing position at my place of employment. In fact, my career path has been riddled with failure. Not withstanding my lacklustre employment, my love life was (and still is) a barren wasteland and there were no grandchildren for my mother to fawn over.

All around me, people were getting married or hooking up with excellent specimens of the opposite sex (or the same if they swung that way), or they had excellent careers that would draw the envy of any around them.

Another classmate, I bumped into whilst taking my daily walk. It was in 2021, right before my city would go into a four month lockdown because of the Delta strain of the COVID-19 virus. She was cycling, I was strolling along the footpath in a warm and sunny winter’s day. After I’d arrived home, she’d messaged me on FaceBook.

I’ve also had reunions with the man that asked me out to the Year 10 Formal. At the time, I accepted it because we had been friends/ acquaintances since our primary years and we lived close to each other that it would be more expedient for us to go together. Apparently, he’d asked me because he might have liked me? I’m still unsure. There hadn’t been any sort of consensus about the whole matter. So, when he tried to touch my lower back in a Year 11 excursion to a theatre in Leichhardt, I’d pulled away - surprised by the sudden affection.

He had dated other girls during the last years of high school and had seemed to be in a steady relationship with a fellow lover of anime back in university. Alas, it seemed, that all good things came to an end and apparently he’s single again.

Ought I to take my shot? Do I even like him? It’s so hard to say. We’ve a shared history and throughout a lot of my childhood, I’d go over to his place, kicking around a soccer ball or playing his PlayStation. Possibly, our relationship will remain forever platonic or somewhat familial - as if he was the brother I never had. Who knows.

But my most recent run-in with a person I knew was on a VIVID boat cruise. VIVID is a light show that brightens up the harbour city of Sydney with colourful lights and contemporary forms of art. None of it actually makes sense to me. I’ve never understood why a canvas painted all in white could sell for millions. Still, who am I to say no to huge red bubbles that cover a wharf or a huge chess set in Darling Harbour? In any case, this ignorant swine apologises for raining on the parade of many a cultured person that does understand contemporary art.

Back to the story at hand, though!

For several minutes, as we were getting comfortable on the, admittedly, cheap and tacky cruise that was filled to the brim with Chinese from all walks of life (because we just can’t say ‘no’ to a bargain. And probably because there were also plenty aboard that needed to use their Discover vouchers), there was a man and his family that looked strangely familiar to me. Were they famous? From where did I know these individuals?

And then recognition struck. Pulling out my phone, I quickly stalked an old classmate on FaceBook. Though I had purged him from my friends list years ago (we were never going to actually talk to each other), I was able to confirm my suspicions.

Mustering what courage I did have, I padded over to the table when most of us had just finished dinner and blurted out the question that had been on the tip of my tongue: “Are you ****?” Lo and behold, I was right.

We chatted for a few minutes during the cruise. I learned he was engaged, the marriage set for 2023. He learned where I worked and that I’m still the frumpy little tomboy that he knew back in primary school. Most likely, his fiance received the shock of her life when his father told everyone at the table that my father had approached him sometime after school due to an altercation between myself and ****. Honestly, I felt bad for ****. It’s not everyday that your fiance learns about your younger years when you could have been the biggest twat.

I mean, we’re all twats as children. I gave as good as I got, whilst also enjoying my imaginary worlds.

So, given my penchant for running into people that I know, is a high school reunion all that necessary? Do I want to be in a room, crammed together with those that I once knew in high school - and who, by all accounts, appear to have gone on to bigger and better things? 

Not really.

Still, these little reunions and catch-ups have also been great ways to reconnect with individuals I haven’t seen in ages. Awkwardness aside, it’s been great to see where people have ended up (even though they might be pulling a bigger salary than what I get or have more renown). And hey, maybe I can impress them with my story-writing and/ or blogs?

Whether or not they ever read any of this is up to debate. But, at the very least, I’ll have mountains of stories to tell as I climb my way up the corporate hierarchy. 

Gotta feed myself somehow, right? After all, a future bestselling author can’t get by with just grit alone. Not unless I had a huge trust fund or won the lottery. Oh, and if I could scrounge up the inner strength to find myself an agent who likes my stories and would want to see them published.

No pressure.

#personal blog #high school reunions #catch-ups

[excitementshewrote]

#the simpsons #high school reunion

[ncutisgatwas]

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

#romy and michele's high school reunion #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #userstream #tvandfilm #nessa007 #useralien #userpunk #userrobin #userbuckleys #userraffa #userrlaura #usertj #usernaureen #userdanahscott #my gifs*

[quirky-artist-charlie]

I would like to share this short film (“Under Construction”) that I worked on a while back. I edited the film. It features a little robot that is programmed to move based on animations I made in Maya:

About one-and-a-half months ago I went to my 10-year high school reunion. It was wonderful seeing how everyone’s grown, and hearing what we have all been up to the past decade. How quickly time flies.

#animation #3D animation #animator #animators #Maya #art #short film #filmmaking #filmmaker #video editor #robots #ROBiTS #ROBiTS team #the ROBiTS #ROBiTS studio #school reunions #high school reunions #EVHS #Youtube

[emotional-emotion]

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) dir.  David Mirkin

#romy and michele's high school reunion #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #chewieblog #90sedit #dailyflicks #lisa kudrow #mira sorvino #*mystuff #they're businesswomen #i love this movie a lot ok

[fadeintoyou1993]

Well, I mean, maybe I'm not. Although in my dream, I did know the formula for glue.

ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (1997) dir. David Mirkin

#filmgifs #filmedit #romy and michele's high school reunion #tvandfilm #tuserdee #useradie #usertrinity #usersavana #usersugar #noalook #userrobin #gif #mine

[peppermint-angel]

NRC Memories

*Yuu and MC looking through yearbook photos*

Yuu: Oh my god! Remember what a big controversy it was for us to have our picture taken together?

MC: Yeah, because Riddle Rosehearts like, lodged a complaint. Because alphabetically he was supposed to be in between us.

Yuu: So we said: “Ok Riddle. If you want to be between us, come to Ramshackle on Friday night and we’ll be waiting.”

MC: And then he showed up, and we were like: “Riddle, it was a joke!”

Yuu: And then we turned the sprinklers on him!

Yuu and MC: *laughing hysterically*

#yuu and mc are separate entities #twst incorrect quotes #twisted wonderland #twst x reader #twst x y/n #riddle rosehearts #twst #riddle x mc #riddle x reader #riddle x y/n #quote from Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

[dailyflicks]

DAILYFLICKS 30K EVENT: FAVORITE 90s FILM PER MEMBER ↳ ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (1997) — Clara (@barbieharrington)

See? I told you it would pay off to go to those clubs every night.

#romy and michele's high school reunion #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #cinematv #tvandfilm #mcblings #userbru #userrobin #pirncessleia #usertrinity #royalarmyofoz #userjl #tusercourtney #flashing gif tw #* #by clara #comedy #1990s #30kevent

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

#iasip #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #meme #the gang tries desperately to win an award #the high school reunion part 2: the gang’s revenge #anmmbposts #they just want to be loved they just want to be loved #on s9 in my rewatch and Charlie singing oyster oyster oyster in the alt takes is stuck in my head #yo wtf there’s an oyster emoji 🦪 #sunnyblr #anyway I have so many words but no articulation but you get it you get it #I just noticed the typo now when it’s too late 100 notes in ignore that

[ncutisgatwas]

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

#romy and michele's high school reunion #filmedit #dailyfilmandtv #userstream #tvandfilm #filmgifs #cinemapix #userbbelcher #nessa007 #useralien #userpunk #userrobin #useraurore #usergiu #chewieblog #my gifs*

[charliework16]

following frank’s incredibly inspirational speech

#charlie day #its always sunny in philadelphia #charlie kelly #iasip #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #frank reynolds #dee reynolds #the high school reunion

[shieldofiron]

The worst part about having online fandom friends in other time zones is that sometimes you have truly cursed au ideas you need to show them.

#WAKE UP #BILLY AND EDDIES HIGH SCHOOL REUNION AU #HAVE YOU SEEN PITCH PERFECT AHAHHSHD

[i-like-media]

S3 - E5 - The High School Reunion

Nahhh you see, I'm not buying the episode's ending narrative of Dan always having been liked. Not with both Chris and Dan talking about them getting bullied/ridiculed. As someone who grew up with undiagnosed ADHD/Autism, my ignorance has always been exploited to be the butt of the joke. And I don't think the ending is any different from that. (strap in, it's a long one)

In this episode we learn Dan bullied Chris back then too, but we ALL know Dan is a very reactionary guy who acts largely on "setting things straight". It's not that outlandish to think Dan either acted his frustrations from getting bullied out on Chris OR Chris being caught in the crossfires of Dan getting back on someone.

And Chris honestly had it Terrible... Just look at how much he's been with his class and done for them, and how little they remember him.

Elise wants Chris to have a good time and reunite with old friends (to get rid of Dan), so when Dan shows up she locks him in a locker... And he responds like this:

He's BEEN in those lockers before. His classmates PUT him there.

And he desperately wants Chris to see nothing's changed.

But Chris only remembers High School positively on his end... (even though he got wedgied too) So what gives?

It's because Chris stayed ignorant, but Dan didn't. Dan likely used to be just as ignorant as Chris, trusted people, and got hurt because of it. He learned not to trust people and to assume everyone's out to get him, because it's easier than getting humiliated or tricked, again. Chris never did! He always assumed it was just his friends goofing off, even though he got hurt in the process. And we can feel that in a later scene too.

Yes, Dan could be saying this because he genuinely thinks the costume is dumb, but if they both were getting bullied, Chris would very likely have been ridiculed for wearing it! So in his messed up Dan way, he DID try to save Chris, because HE'S learned to not trust any smiling faces.

Which is very apparent in the next scene, where he's strung up from the ceiling after he'd fallen.

If you watch the episode, "BACK OFF" doesn't sound like his usual overly confident and aggressive tone. For a second, he sounds a bit frightened. He's constantly struggling to get out and doesn't say anything besides threatening people to leave him alone. People start listing all the ways he's taken revenge on them..... and then start cheering. Now, usually in a show like this, the main character would stop struggling and be baffled by the positive reception of his appearance.... but not Dan. He keeps warning people to stay away and keeps struggling.

People are laughing and cheering as they try to get him down, and he starts panicking. some tense music picks up as he flails, music usually used (in other cartoons too) when a character is in a scary situation.

He falls to the ground, looks up at everyone laughing

And runs. He doesn't try to fight anyone, he just runs.

And Elise and Chris respond with this:

"So your classmates actually LIKED Dan?"

"High school was somehow not as I remembered..."

So what happened here? Well, that's how they got bullied. That's how it started. And that's often how autistic people get bullied, too. They pretend to be nice to gain your trust, and then exploit that trust to belittle you, bully you and put you into humiliating situations. All while keeping up the "nice" act to make said autistic person doubt themself about whether or not the hurt they feel is warranted or not.

Chris isn't remembering High School wrong... Dan was right. They haven't changed. Even though they remember Dan fondly, he was never their friend. He was their play thing. Their personal jester to poke at and make fun of BECAUSE he reacted and lashed out. Chris never did, which is why he was never deemed "interesting" enough by his peers to be remembered.

Dan even says it himself in the scene after, trying to explain to Chris why it's all fake, but after all these years, Chris is still too ignorant to see it.

Dan is explaining to Chris as clearly as he can, how these people used and bullied them. They took advantage of their struggle to read social cues and used them both for entertainment.

At the end of the day, they exploit Dan's struggles with social cues again to convince him they all genuinely liked him for who he is (conveniently leaving out all the times they pushed him in lockers)... While in reality, he was only ever good for bringing entertainment. What's even sadder, is that Chris envies him. He still can't see the full picture and wishes he could be in that spotlight.

Showing that ultimately it's not JUST the classmates that haven't changed, but Dan and Chris haven't either.

And it's another reason as to why they're still together after all these years. The only real friends they HAD were each other.

#dan vs #dan vs revival #dan vs chris #dan mandel #chris pearson #essay #analysis #dan vs analysis #cartoon analysis #dan vs high school reunion #episode analysis #bullying #long post